National Republican., 1887-12-24

tlon for his adherence 70 that theory OF gov.
ernment In which the several states were 40.
solute sovereigniics and had lawfnl right 70
secedeY Does his recent speech at Charleston.
when the people OF South Carolina were pay:
ing honors to Calhoun, the great apostle OF
notification ana secession, show that high ON
tutional questions which made up the issues
Of the war; -
DO The loyal people of the north think that
Cleveland has not already been too generous
in his gifts TO such men as were trained no In
The Calhoun sobe0l2 Do they agree with the
President that TO have been adistingnished
leader Of armies battling on bloody fields for
the destruction of the Union, to have been q
leading statesman In the councils OF pe0ple
who made war to perpetuate slavery, or to have
been pharasaioal IN bestowing high eulogy aud
fulsome praise nike on Sumner, Calhoun, aud
Jefferson Davis should be unohallenged pass
port to the favors OF his administrator Where
will the loyal people draw the line?
The purpose OF Mr. Cleveland cannot be mis-
taken. His appointment to high places at
home and abroad of such mon as Gen. jackson
10 Mexico, Gen. Lawton TO tho Austrian mis-
sion. and Gen. Joe Johnston TO important gov
erpment railway service, and others Of liks
conditions to various official trusts. and his
coarse, unmanly jests In his yetoes at the ex
pense Of disabled soldiers whom his own party
In Congress thought worthy Of pensions, and
the stupid order by which he sought TO return
the rebel flags, show how zealously he has
adhered to the purpose OF holding the solid
In addition to all this IL is now apparent, un.
less the 4ennte, in Difference to the offended
feeling OF the loyal men Of the north, fbrbids
" new honors VIII be bestowed on ,he feoi. ,eo,
cause III the senate of the .confederacy on the
Supreme Court bench In the place OF Justice
Woods. -
Is il possible that there will be no senator
to oppote the appointment of Mr.. Lamar to be
an associate Justice OF tribunal 10 whose In
terpretatlons OF the constitution anterior TO
pre- preseTvatlon MT1 @o of Of % the Union than to
all the other departments OF the gov
ernmeut? Does no one object to his taking
place In the tribunal whose decisions, IN
spite of the teachings of the Democratic party;
| fostered and educated public thought and
loyal sentiment among the people OF the
| north which made 1t possible for their armies
| to maintain and perpetuate the Union?
With all these facts and more too, which ave
| readily found on the surface of contemporary
history, how is IL that there is so little opp9s-
tion expressed. either in the leading Republl-
| can papers or by Republican senators, TO the
| Presidents truculent purpose of further ap
peasipg the craving appetite of the rebel ele
or s nfs tba soaR wha
abundantly qualified for the great trust aud
whose appointment to the supreme bench
would not endapger the results Of the war.
Of course, there will be nothing but fulsotne
praise for him among the Democrats, aud he
will have their full support in the Senate
Will the fact that he has been senator, the
sSe hsm inc now pane and them an opportnnty ""
passing upon law suits which senators ma,
have before the Supreme bench withhold al
| opposition TO him? 1t is true he was sena
| tor, and 1t seems to be equally true that he
earnestly adyocated-if he was not the author
of--the Mississippi plan, which was so success
ful in its methods OF perjury. ballot box stun
ing, and murder, rs to destroy the Republican
l vote Of Mississippi, and elect the Legislature
| which sent him to the Senate.
The north seems TO remember Mr.. Lamar a
4 the euiogist of Sumner, but he himself vii
| readily recall to mind the fact that, eyei
though the people Of Mississippi knew tina
| he was posing only as an artful simulator, the
| coulG not forgive him until he openly advo
Gated the doetrinc Of hate and violence Of tn
Mississippi plan, which stimulated his follow
ers TO murder Judge Chisolm and Print Ma
| thews.
The history OF these wanton murders may no
have arrested the attention of Mr.. Cleveland
| but II cannot be that they have passed frou
the memory OF the Republican senators VIII
| will be confronted with the appointment Q
one OF the men who. II cannot be denied. owe
his place in the Senate TO the political on
rnges and social crimes that eliminated |
these murders.
Ifsuch charges as these were true against a
| applicant Tor village postmasters place I
the south, he would be rejected and the Pres
dent rebuked for his attempt to reward sue
men.